2015-2016

Temporary Recruitment Agencies, Immigrant Labour and Labour Precariousness in Montréal

Temporary Recruitment Agencies, Immigrant Labour and Labour Precariousness in Montréal

By Viviana Medina & Manuel Salamanca, Members of the Temporary Agency Workers Association (TAWA) of Montreal Few people in Montréal...

Québec’s Student Movement: People Power on Campus

Québec’s Student Movement: People Power on Campus

By Joël Pedneault For decades, Montréal has had a strong tradition of street protests. Unions, communities, feminist groups, and leftist...

Sexual Health: Barriers and Beyond

Sexual Health: Barriers and Beyond

By Jos Porter, Health Services Coordinator at Head & Hands Protection… If you’re having penetrative sex, condoms protect against most sexually...

A Brief History of Union Organizing in Montréal

A Brief History of Union Organizing in Montréal

By Tyler Lawson* Labour organizing in Montréal began with the formation of decentralized craft unions in the early 19th century....

The Quest for the Promised Land: How Canada and Israel Perpetuate Settler Colonialism

The Quest for the Promised Land: How Canada and Israel Perpetuate Settler Colonialism

By Margaret Gilligan The settler-colonial projects of the states of Canada and Israel have willingly participated in the dehumanization and...

Fight for Nothing. Some Thoughts on Queer Nihility

Fight for Nothing. Some Thoughts on Queer Nihility

By Edith Doyle Forward- Before we begin, the writers of this piece would like to acknowledge a number of factors...

Against Marriage Equality

Against Marriage Equality

By Ryan Conrad With the recent passage of gay marriage nationwide in the United States by a narrow June 2015...

Trans Rights & Trans Lives in Montréal

Trans Rights & Trans Lives in Montréal

By Kama La Mackerel In December 2013, the Québec National Assembly adopted Bill 35 which modi ed Article 71 of...

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

By Helen Ogundeji In a society where white bodies are prioritized and those of any other variation are marginalized, violence...

Indigenous Sovereignty or There’s Nothing to be “Proud” About Canadians

Indigenous Sovereignty or There’s Nothing to be “Proud” About Canadians

By papâmâstêw-otipêyimisiwiskwêw Canada is a hostile occupying force that represses Indigenous nations. In spite of the national mythology that Canada...

Prisons in Canada

Prisons in Canada

By The Termite Collective cw: racism, prison industrial complex, incarceration, state brutality, capitalism, settler-colonialism, anti-blackness, settler-colonialism, mental and bodily wellness,...

Dealing with the Police

Dealing with the Police

By the Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière An excerpt from “Guess What: We’ve Got Rights?!” Also available in french....

Intersectional Feminism

Intersectional Feminism

By Cera Yiu cw: anti-blackness, LGBTQIA2S+ phobia, classism, transphobia, misogyny The term “intersectionality” was coined by Black legal scholar Kimberlé...